flowing with milk and honey

To persuade Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, God promises the Israelites not just protection, but a better life: "I will take you out of the misery of Egypt . . . to a land flowing with milk and honey."

The transportation lines advertised America as a land flowing with milk and honey, and the European governments took the opportunity to unload upon careless, wealthy, and hospitable America the sweepings of their jails and asylums.

It was 1991, and the Port Harcourt-born teenager was shaken by the warning, displayed in the colors of the Nigerian flag: “I was like, ‘Mom, I thought this was supposed to be the land of freedom and liberation, the streets flowing with milk and honey.’”

It’s all right to talk about “streets flowing with milk and honey,” but God has commanded us to be concerned about the slums down here, and his children who can’t eat three square meals a day.

Citing Biblical accounts, Francis said today’s migrants are “possessed of the same determination which Moses had to reach a land flowing with milk and honey.”